Pravastatin, one of the most common cholesterol-lowering drugs, causes cognitive side effects when administered for a long period of time
Statins and Memory
Capture of Carbon Dioxide with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes
Free-flowing crystalline powder based on a NHC framework reacts rapidly and stoichiometrically with CO2 as a solid carbon-capture reagent
Angewandte Chemie 41/2013: Fighting Resistance
Overview of the latest issue of Angewandte Chemie
Debittering Black Dry-Salted Olives
Debittering of black olives during the dry-salting process occurs due to the enzymatic oxidation of oleuropein
More Sensitive Mass Spectrometry
Use of an active pixel detector with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer allows enhanced detection of high-mass species
Nontoxic Chalcogenophane Synthesis
Copper(II) salts are used to catalyze the synthesis of four classes of chalcogenophene derivatives
South-East Asia’s Largest Bicarbonate Plant
Solvay plans to build a sodium bicarbonate plant with a total capacity of 100,000 ton per year in Thailand
Sharpest X-ray Beam
Resolution at DESY's light source PETRA III substantially increased
Rapid Synthesis of Half-Sandwich Complexes
Half-sandwich complexes can be prepared easily by microwave heating
Three Topological Structures in One Pot
Simply mixing two different ligands with zinc(II) ions results in the simultaneous formation of a [2]catenane, a trefoil knot, and a Solomon link